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health care spending in the united states it reached $2.3 trillion in 2008. that's an average of more than $7,600 per person. according to the department of health and human services. it is an increase of more than 4% from 2007. as lawmakers negotiate on the two different versions of health care legislation, we continue our two-part series and this time we take a closer look at how the proposed legislation impacts the pharmaceutical industry and how much we pay for drugs. earlier, we spoke with damien conover, independent analyst at morningstar. so how would you describe the impact of this health care reform on big pharma? is it going to be negative or positive, if it indeed goes through? >> right, what we're seeing is likely the reform proposal coming out of the senate and that particular proposal looks like it is going to be slightly beneficial for the pharmaceutical companies, but i think more perform that it looks like it is more likely neutral than anything. >> big pharma, we know, is going to be facing a lot of industry fees under the proposed legislati
health care spending in the united states it reached $2.3 trillion in 2008. that's an average of more than $7,600 per person. according to the department of health and human services. it is an increase of more than 4% from 2007. as lawmakers negotiate on the two different versions of health care legislation, we continue our two-part series and this time we take a closer look at how the proposed legislation impacts the pharmaceutical industry and how much we pay for drugs. earlier, we spoke with...
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as citizens of the united states, united states of america, we need to be vigilant. we need to pay attention to what is going on around us. we need to watch and listen. host: let's begin with air marshals not allowed on airplanes overseas. guest: air marshals are allowed, and they routinely do fly. if i'm correct, they generally fly on american carriers. that may be the only limitation. it is up to foreign governments to provide security on foreign carriers. they do not speak publicly very much about their operations. air marshals are very much on flights coming from overseas. they recognize that is perhaps the more severe threat, incoming flights. they're not on every flight, but they are on a lot more than they were right before christmas. in situations where foreign governorgovernments have said t- and the u.s. does have the authority to say to a carrier that you cannot fly to the u.s. because of concerns about security. for example, if it is not sufficient at an airport, they can block flights for that city. that does not often occur, but they do have that power.
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unfortunately the united states is not. the bush administration decided they were too hard on israel and had members that didn't belong on human rights commission and decided not to join the commission as a member. so that -- the u.s. did participate in this periodic review the they have not been a member of the commission so that is obviously one change the obama administration should make is to join the commission. given the u.s. isn't a member of this commission and these bodies are not meeting on a regular basis i still think the most effective means for the government to coordinate efforts on human rights is bilaterally. and of course the first step i think is for our human rights on voice to have regular meetings with each other and their first meeting will be last week because already will be ahead of the progress made the last ten years in terms of coordination. so that is the step to have regular guice meetings. i have eight areas and the first as having regular bilateral consultations. the second is one that i am
unfortunately the united states is not. the bush administration decided they were too hard on israel and had members that didn't belong on human rights commission and decided not to join the commission as a member. so that -- the u.s. did participate in this periodic review the they have not been a member of the commission so that is obviously one change the obama administration should make is to join the commission. given the u.s. isn't a member of this commission and these bodies are not...
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it is not just that in the united states, is it? -- the debt in the united states, is it? i am not persuaded that the domestic demand is going to rise in china and brazil and, thus, sustain this. if the u.s. is going to grow at a new level, aren't we going to see commodity prices declined? -- commodity prices decline from these current levels? >> do you want to go first, hans? >> why is it happening? let me first say why it is not happening. many people think that this was happening because of export growth, because of peter manipulation of currencies or through other -- because of peter manipulation of currencies or to other factors, such as stimulation in china, for example, these economies were igrowing by exporting. that is a mystery of the data, in my opinion. -- a miss reread of the data coe out in my opinion. i would say that line of thinking is another danger because the trading system as we know it. we talk about protectionism and we talk about limiting the imports. there's a lot of discussion about rethinking export growth, which could also be against the trading
it is not just that in the united states, is it? -- the debt in the united states, is it? i am not persuaded that the domestic demand is going to rise in china and brazil and, thus, sustain this. if the u.s. is going to grow at a new level, aren't we going to see commodity prices declined? -- commodity prices decline from these current levels? >> do you want to go first, hans? >> why is it happening? let me first say why it is not happening. many people think that this was happening...
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the united states welcome them here. in the 1980's in iran, the sanctions that i experienced there in the home of an iranian who welcome to me in, he sat a pint of milk on the table. when i finished drinking it, he says, yes, you have a big american appetite. you just drink my baby's milk for the week. i think he did it for stock fell you -- shock value. of course, he tried to cram democracy down their throats and asked them to stop growing their own food. that is mainly what the students revolt. we have had two warships off the coast of iran while i was there in defense of the rough. -- in defense of iraq. i'm really afraid that when the iranians get here because they're looking for the freedom and democracy that we will not even have here anymore because of people like you. i do not think freedom is what you want for them. i think you do want democracy. i'm still looking for a book. when i was a student at the university of davis in california, the book "democracy must periodically be eighthbathebathed in blood." host:
the united states welcome them here. in the 1980's in iran, the sanctions that i experienced there in the home of an iranian who welcome to me in, he sat a pint of milk on the table. when i finished drinking it, he says, yes, you have a big american appetite. you just drink my baby's milk for the week. i think he did it for stock fell you -- shock value. of course, he tried to cram democracy down their throats and asked them to stop growing their own food. that is mainly what the students...
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because it has a system founded on different values from those of the united states? or flipping it around, is it fair to allies to create expectations that their contribution to an out of area challenge will always be higher than that of nonallies? i think these are some very practical questions that the project has raised as part of its effort to evaluate in specific terms that was mentioned in the joint statement. in some cases, the studies that we have commissioned also reveal that there are considerable asymmetries between the representative capacities of the united states and south korea to tackle some of the items on the international agenda. i think that to a certain extent although heejun didn't explicit didn't mention it, climate change is one and overseas development is another. but that doesn't mean there isn't a potential for limited cooperation in these areas in ways that re-enforce mutual interests. and so maybe the best way of illustrating that is to make some specific comments on each of the presentations. i think that the paper on climate change prov
because it has a system founded on different values from those of the united states? or flipping it around, is it fair to allies to create expectations that their contribution to an out of area challenge will always be higher than that of nonallies? i think these are some very practical questions that the project has raised as part of its effort to evaluate in specific terms that was mentioned in the joint statement. in some cases, the studies that we have commissioned also reveal that there...
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commission or united states court. but a dozen of them had been cleared for release. the and not as states does not think it is feasible to send them back because of problems we have had in the past with escapes and people returning to the battlefield on behalf of al qaeda. >> what does the president say about closing guantanamo? >> the president is still committed to closing guantanamo. he is saying -- closing the prison anytime soon is not really practical. they blew through lead headline at the beginning of this -- up deadline set at the end of the year, and what the president said today is that it is theoretically possible that the situation in yemen might be well enough resolve that by the end of the year, some of the prisoners could be sent back. >> the president made the remarks after meeting with 20 members of his national security team. there were reviewing the security lapses concerning the attempted bombing that you mention. the president said that we have to do better and that we will do it quickly. any ind
commission or united states court. but a dozen of them had been cleared for release. the and not as states does not think it is feasible to send them back because of problems we have had in the past with escapes and people returning to the battlefield on behalf of al qaeda. >> what does the president say about closing guantanamo? >> the president is still committed to closing guantanamo. he is saying -- closing the prison anytime soon is not really practical. they blew through lead...
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we all as citizens of the united states of america, united states of america, need to be vigilant. we need to pay attention to what's going on around us. we need to watch, and listen. >> host: mr. lipton, let's begin with air marshals not allowed on airplanes overseas. >> guest: air marshals are allowed and routinely do fly on, i think if i'm correct that they generally on american, you know, carriers. that may be only limitation. it is up to foreign governments to provide security on foreign carriers, i think. i'm not sure about because they don't speak publicly very much about their operations but air marshals are very much on flights coming to the u.s. from overseas. they recognize that is perhaps, a more severe threat right now, incoming flights and there is a lot of could have. not on every flight. but a lot more than they were right before christmas, i can tell you that. and there are, i don't know, since situations where foreign governments said, i'm sorry, you can't put an air marshal on the flight leaving our country. the u.s. does have the authority to say to a carrier, y
we all as citizens of the united states of america, united states of america, need to be vigilant. we need to pay attention to what's going on around us. we need to watch, and listen. >> host: mr. lipton, let's begin with air marshals not allowed on airplanes overseas. >> guest: air marshals are allowed and routinely do fly on, i think if i'm correct that they generally on american, you know, carriers. that may be only limitation. it is up to foreign governments to provide security...
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north africa is a little smaller than the whole united states. this is a big area and there are al qaeda cells springing up in new places. so what do you do about that? >>larry: hoping to do what? >> hoping to, you know, somehow eliminate them, degrade them and defeat them. you know, a giant task. i'm glad it's not mine. >>larry: do you fear them going to do other things in the united states? forget planes, how about shopping centers? ball games? >> exactly. we've talked about this, that you become generals fighting the last war. we're all worried about airline security. you go through an intense scrutiny getting on an airplane, but go on a train or go to a power plant or go to a mall where there are many more people than are on one of these aircraft, and something could happen. now, you can't get on a train in yemen and make it to the united states, so that's a problem for al qaeda, but this is the great question. you can ask the expert. there have been al qaeda cells or al qaeda affiliated individuals in this country operating. >>larry: and wat
north africa is a little smaller than the whole united states. this is a big area and there are al qaeda cells springing up in new places. so what do you do about that? >>larry: hoping to do what? >> hoping to, you know, somehow eliminate them, degrade them and defeat them. you know, a giant task. i'm glad it's not mine. >>larry: do you fear them going to do other things in the united states? forget planes, how about shopping centers? ball games? >> exactly. we've talked...
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that al qaeda sought to strike american targets in yemen and the united states as well. we had information that this group was working with an individual who was known -- who we now know was the individual involved in the christmas attack. the u.s. government had sufficient information to uncover this plot and disrupt the christmas day attack. our intelligence committee failed to connect the dots which would have placed the suspect on a no-fly list. it was not a failure to collect intelligence but to understand the intelligence we already had. the information was there. the agencies who needed it had access to it. they need to bring it all together. i will accept that intelligent is imperfect by its nature. it is clear that intelligence was thoughtful and analyzed for fully leverage. that is not acceptable. i will not tolerate that. we have learned that quickly piecing together information and taking swift action is critical to staying one step ahead of a nimble adversary. we have to do better and we will do better. we have to do it quickly. american lives are on the lin
that al qaeda sought to strike american targets in yemen and the united states as well. we had information that this group was working with an individual who was known -- who we now know was the individual involved in the christmas attack. the u.s. government had sufficient information to uncover this plot and disrupt the christmas day attack. our intelligence committee failed to connect the dots which would have placed the suspect on a no-fly list. it was not a failure to collect intelligence...
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that will have a damaging impact on the regional banks of the united states. half of their portfolio is in commercial real estate. the last thing we need is to get a credit crunch in with the regional banks, which supply credit to the small and medium -- medium enterprises, which are most of the employment. the fourth risk to which we have alluded is the idea of protectionism. 2010 is an election year in the united states. a veteran of some of persists in fixing it as exchange rate now -- if china somehow persist in fixing its exchange rate now, it is really a red flag in anticipation to having protectionism ramping up. if we've learned anything from the great depression and, that is not very healthy. for the prospects of getting out of the mess we are currently in. >> we are running slightly over time, so i'm going to ask three respondents to my last question to really discipline themselves. imagine yourself in a meeting where you have a chance to address the g-243 minutes. -- the g-20 for 3 minutes. what is being done and what has already been done to promot
that will have a damaging impact on the regional banks of the united states. half of their portfolio is in commercial real estate. the last thing we need is to get a credit crunch in with the regional banks, which supply credit to the small and medium -- medium enterprises, which are most of the employment. the fourth risk to which we have alluded is the idea of protectionism. 2010 is an election year in the united states. a veteran of some of persists in fixing it as exchange rate now -- if...
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of the united states military. . [applause] >> good morning. listening to the president talk about who you are and why you are here what you are looking at over the course of this couple of weeks, it is a pretty exciting time. i will talk about a few things for maybe 15 minutes and then open it up to questions per i am particularly excited and delighted to be able to talk to so many of you are so young. there is not a day that goes by where i don't think about the challenges that we have just now but the challenges that are out there for you as you become leaders in our country. i applaud you being here and the fact that you are participating and debating and discussing difficult issues. this week, it is the presidency and congress and next week is the presidency and the media. that encompasses a whole lot. i will try to tell you where the military pit sent to all that. because you are at the age you are, i will tell you about my background. i want to encourage you to keep doing what you are doing. secondly, keep you
of the united states military. . [applause] >> good morning. listening to the president talk about who you are and why you are here what you are looking at over the course of this couple of weeks, it is a pretty exciting time. i will talk about a few things for maybe 15 minutes and then open it up to questions per i am particularly excited and delighted to be able to talk to so many of you are so young. there is not a day that goes by where i don't think about the challenges that we have...
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states, the roughly 100 north koreans in the united states most receiving help from cory -- korean churches. to the extent they care about cory i would say the average south korean doesn't care about korea because of christian churches, so i think they will play a very important role. >> we will try to squeeze in a few more questions here if you could keep your questions as brief as possible. >> peter, thank you for your kind words. christian carl from foreign policy "newsweek." yes, you mentioned the exchange-rate issue in the german unification. any economist would say the exchange rate policy settled upon by the german government made no rational sense whatsoever but of course there were very powerful political pressures at work ranging from pending national elections to the trade unions. what do you see as the competing pressures that will be at work on that issue when it comes time for the koreans to unify who do you think will be the players, the interest groups, the contending forces? thank you very much. >> that's another really good question that i haven't really started to conside
states, the roughly 100 north koreans in the united states most receiving help from cory -- korean churches. to the extent they care about cory i would say the average south korean doesn't care about korea because of christian churches, so i think they will play a very important role. >> we will try to squeeze in a few more questions here if you could keep your questions as brief as possible. >> peter, thank you for your kind words. christian carl from foreign policy...
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not just in the united states but globally. at the same time we're facing more regulatory constraints and environmental con straights. talked already a little about global warming, and really unprecedented industry challenges in meeting both the technical solutions to those issues as well as the political and policy ones. at the same time our infrastructure for energy, the power delivery system as an example is really becoming antiquated. working with a system that wa design and developed decades ago. it's asked to operate in a very different market environment today. we need to bring more technology and innovation, and it is a sector that has had underinvestment in technology development over the last couple of years. couple all of that with an aging work force. nearly 50% of the entire technical work force in the energy related industries will be retiring, eligible for retirement with the next five to ten years. an aging work force population we need to train to feed the pipeline of innovation and solutions that it's going to
not just in the united states but globally. at the same time we're facing more regulatory constraints and environmental con straights. talked already a little about global warming, and really unprecedented industry challenges in meeting both the technical solutions to those issues as well as the political and policy ones. at the same time our infrastructure for energy, the power delivery system as an example is really becoming antiquated. working with a system that wa design and developed...
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states and across the united kingdom. while the person involved in the detroit incident was refused a visa and was not on a watch list, and was on our watch list, we are reviewing and enhancing our watch list arrangements and given the changing security nature, i'll ask the cabinet security that any lessons learned from recent events should be considered and whether we can further and better coordinate and intergrate the work of the intelligence services and the service that is available to us from them. >> mr. david cameron. >> thank you. thank you, mr. speaker. can i join the prime minister in paying tribute to the seven british servicemen who lost their lives since the last prime minister's questions. private robert hays, david watson, rifleman aiden howe, tommy brown, and christopher rooney and michael richard and michael holmby and we must look after their families. i also join the prime minister in paying tribute to david taylor and his contribution to public service. we too send our condolences to his wife and chil
states and across the united kingdom. while the person involved in the detroit incident was refused a visa and was not on a watch list, and was on our watch list, we are reviewing and enhancing our watch list arrangements and given the changing security nature, i'll ask the cabinet security that any lessons learned from recent events should be considered and whether we can further and better coordinate and intergrate the work of the intelligence services and the service that is available to us...
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one, getting the united states to look with a greater appreciation that the right to water. i was wondering, are there other, and finished policy pieces? that if you had a comprehensive focus, it would indicate that you might like to see it fleshed out more in a future work on water? >> ok, let's address these questions. one of them was on encouraging women's empowerment. another was on the affected population growth and the fact that water was a limited resource. and then there was a question of other policy issues that needed more working out with regards to this issue. hello? >> i will take a crack at the issue. first of all, i notice that we are all white males. i am sure that some of you also notice this as well. in our development efforts, we would try different attempts at bringing women into the roles. we would always funded drinking water committees. we would gather them after they left. at times we would try different approaches. we would try to use our leverage to enforce it. we would what women of the committees. some of the communities would respond by doing it
one, getting the united states to look with a greater appreciation that the right to water. i was wondering, are there other, and finished policy pieces? that if you had a comprehensive focus, it would indicate that you might like to see it fleshed out more in a future work on water? >> ok, let's address these questions. one of them was on encouraging women's empowerment. another was on the affected population growth and the fact that water was a limited resource. and then there was a...
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>> he may have taken on more than the united states senate can bear, for example, but i don't know how he could have done less than deal with health care, than deal with the economy. he had to do those things. he's put on the table some major arms control initiatives and raised the possibility of zero nukes, which makes his near-term challenges even tougher. he's told the congress that it has to deal with climate, with energy, and that's going to be enormous difficulty in this coming year. but the fact that he went to copenhagen was a huge role of the dice, particularly because conclude hundred acted. and the low-risk strategy would have been not to go and then other heads of state would not have gone. the fact that he set out to reset the u.s.-russian relationship was another high-risk roll of the dice. the engagement with iran was a high-risk roll of the dice. going to cairo and giving that speech in the heart of the arab world was a high roll of the dice. he has been somebody who has embrasd a very challenging policy. >> lehrer: do you buy walter's jimmy carter rock and a hard place
>> he may have taken on more than the united states senate can bear, for example, but i don't know how he could have done less than deal with health care, than deal with the economy. he had to do those things. he's put on the table some major arms control initiatives and raised the possibility of zero nukes, which makes his near-term challenges even tougher. he's told the congress that it has to deal with climate, with energy, and that's going to be enormous difficulty in this coming...
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it was 2-2 for canada and the united states. semins dances around markov cut off by metropolit. >> craig: now we hear 3-3. they tied up for the u.s. >> joe: good for john carlton. >> craig: i think he has confidence. >> joe: poti inside. there's price. he read that. >> craig: talking about poti and his offensive skills. he's been all over the place making nifty passes and creating the rush and having the puck a lot tonight against montreal. >> joe: on the dump. schultz swats it ahead. we are across the midway mark of the 3rd period. there's a call against washington. the caps go shorthanded as piekanec makes his way back to the bench. learn more at supportyourvet.org. oh! blue! time! time out. i touched it. i touched the ball before it went out, coach. come on, alex, the ref did not call that! you gotta be kidding me, alex! it's the championship game! talk to him, coach. i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team on 'three.' one, two, three. nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. >> joe: capital
it was 2-2 for canada and the united states. semins dances around markov cut off by metropolit. >> craig: now we hear 3-3. they tied up for the u.s. >> joe: good for john carlton. >> craig: i think he has confidence. >> joe: poti inside. there's price. he read that. >> craig: talking about poti and his offensive skills. he's been all over the place making nifty passes and creating the rush and having the puck a lot tonight against montreal. >> joe: on the...
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states itself. we had iormation that this group was working withn individ] who was known ... who we now knowas, in fact, the individu involved inç the christmas atta. the bottom line is thi the u.s. governmt had sufficient infortion toç have cover this plot and potentially disrupthe christmas daattack. but our intelligence comnity failed to connt thoseç dots. whh would have placed the suspect the no-fly list. other words, this was not a failure to colct intelligce. it was a faire to integrate and understand the intelligce that we already had.ç the informatiowas there. agencies a analysts who need it had access to it. d our7s professionals were trained toook for it. and to bring it together. now, i will acce thatç inteigence by its nature is imperfect. but it is increasingly cle that intligence was not lly analyzedç or fully leveraged. that's not aeptable. and i will not tolere it. time and again we'veearned that3 quickly piecing together information and tang swift action is critic to st
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two thirds of those are still in the united states. surprising to a lot of people, even people in this town, it is incumbent on us to educate members of congress that we are not just a washington-based company. that is where we are headquarter but the majority of our employees are there but we have a large number of employees in many parts of the country. he probably have 1500 in north dakota, over a thousand in charlotte, over a thousand in texas, over a thousand in silicon valley. and then we have five or 600, almost a thousand in washington d.c. area. lot of those are employees who work with the government in the mid-atlantic business. when we walked into a member of congress's office, they are new york based, we have 800 employees in new york city, to leverage those employees from time to time who are not only speaking on behalf -- it is the magic word constituent. when you are speaking -- this is what you are talking about, grass roots. if you come at it from all angles to influence policy, here is where microsoft or my company is
two thirds of those are still in the united states. surprising to a lot of people, even people in this town, it is incumbent on us to educate members of congress that we are not just a washington-based company. that is where we are headquarter but the majority of our employees are there but we have a large number of employees in many parts of the country. he probably have 1500 in north dakota, over a thousand in charlotte, over a thousand in texas, over a thousand in silicon valley. and then we...